I have to ask, with these prices, why not spend a little more and go 
with a MAC?


On 2017-09-25 12:42, der.hans wrote:
> Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Carruth, Rusty so:
> 
> moin moin,
> 
>> I don't know if those system 76 (or whatever their name was) have 
>> convertibles, but their price was actually pretty good.
> 
> I hear lots of good things about System76. I have a nice light laptop
> from ZaReason. I'm quite happy with it as my primary laptop.
> 
> I also have an aircraft carrier for times that I need to live on a 
> laptop
> for an extended period. Not as powerful as Brian's helicarrier, but 
> mine
> also doesn't have enough fans to levitate.
> 
> I checked both ZaReason and System76 before posting and neither had a
> laptop that converts to tablet.
> 
> The laptop is my 3rd ZaReason device in the last decade. I've been 
> quite
> happy with their products and support. Not that I require much of the
> latter.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
> 
>> And I forgot to mention - the Alienware is NOT a convertible...
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Ted Gould
>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:59 AM
>> To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>> Subject: Re: seeking lapblet
>> 
>> On 09/25/2017 01:21 PM, der.hans wrote:
>>> I don't see a way to buy it without the windows tax. Anyone know a 
>>> way
>>> to get an unloaded XPS from Dell?
>> 
>> You have to search for "developer edition." Here is a link to one:
>> 
>> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu
>> 
>> Also the awesome part is that the support also handles Ubuntu, so if a 
>> motherboard goes out they don't complain that Linux must have broke 
>> it.
>> 
>> I'm currently using a Surface Pro 3. It was the only tablet that I 
>> could find with an i7 in it, which I need. Everything else had the m3 
>> or m5 which just isn't enough for what I use it for.
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
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